Beat
Album by King Crimson
Released	1982
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	35:21
Label	EG Records
Producer(s)	Rhett Davies
Professional reviews
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King Crimson chronology
Discipline (1981)	Beat (1982)	Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)

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Its title is partly inspired by the writings of the beat generation: The term Beat Generation refers primarily to a group of American writers of the 1950s whose work strongly influenced the cultural transformations of the 60s. ...

• Track 1, "Neal and Jack and Me", is the track on the album most obviously inspired by beat writers. The 'Jack' of the title is beat writer Jack Kerouac, and the 'Neal' of the title is Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady.
• Track 3, "Sartori [sic] in Tangier", also derives its title from beat influences including the Jack Kerouac novel Satori in Paris, and the city of Tangier in Morocco, where a number of beat writers resided and which they often used as a setting for their writing. Writer Paul Bowles was associated with the beats, and his novel The Sheltering Sky, which provided the title for a track on King Crimson's previous studio album, Discipline, is partly set in Tangier.
• Track 7, "The Howler", may refer to the beat poem Howl by Allen Ginsberg.
• According to the Trouser Press Record Guide, the album focused on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's On the Road.
• The Chapman Stick introduction to "Sartori in Tangier" is featured in the first scene of the premiere of the MTV show "The Maxx."

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Track listing

1. "Neal and Jack and Me" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin) – 4:22
2. "Heartbeat" (A Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 3:54
3. "Sartori in Tangier" (A Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 3:54
4. "Waiting Man" (A Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 4:27
5. "Neurotica" (A Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 4:48
6. "Two Hands" (A Belew, Margaret Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 3:23
7. "The Howler" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 4:13
8. "Requiem" (A Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 6:48

Adrian Belew (born December 23, 1949 as Robert Steven Belew) is an American guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he first joined in 1981. ... Bill Bruford on the cover of his album, Feels Good to Me William Scott Bruford (born May 17, 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England), better known as Bill Bruford, is an influential drummer known for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style. ... Robert Fripp in performance. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an influential and prominent bass player. ...

Personnel

• Robert Fripp – guitar, organ, Frippertronics
• Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
• Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
• Bill Bruford – drums

Robert Fripp in performance. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings. ... The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... Frippertronics is a system of tape loops developed by composer Brian Eno with guitarist Robert Fripp. ... Adrian Belew (born December 23, 1949 as Robert Steven Belew) is an American guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he first joined in 1981. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an influential and prominent bass player. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is a musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. ... Bill Bruford on the cover of his album, Feels Good to Me William Scott Bruford (born May 17, 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England), better known as Bill Bruford, is an influential drummer known for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

References

• "King Crimson." Trouser Press. URL accessed on July 5, 2005.

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External links

• Beat lyrics
• Beat at MusicBrainz